Michaelangelo's David Back Patch

[u/Independent_Worry_99]

I've not posted for a while, because I've been working on this mammoth patch - Which I've finished now! Took 122 hours and 16 meters of thread just to whip stitch around the edge!

It's going to take pride of place on the back of my patch jacket.

Found the pop art design on Google and kind of adapted it as I went 👌

[u/DarthMelsie]

1) this is incredible and I love the color choices

2) omg the llama extract on the left!!!!

[u/Independent_Worry_99 → u/DarthMelsie]

Thanks! Genuinely this one is my fav, the film doesn't get enough cred!

[u/fireroan → u/Independent_Worry_99]

I have a set of the bottles and Izma as the cat for needle minders.

[u/Independent_Worry_99 → u/fireroan]

Epic!

[u/EbonyBetty → u/Independent_Worry_99]

I hope you know that I consider you r/embroidery royalty because of the Poison for Kuzco patch

[u/Independent_Worry_99 → u/EbonyBetty]

Flattered 😂

[u/PantryBandit → u/Independent_Worry_99]

Extract of...LLAMA! doink

[u/natiice → u/Independent_Worry_99]

Ooooh is that the poison for Kuzco? The poison to kill Kuzco? Kuzco's poison. That poison?

[u/ZeeraTheRogue]

Ho.ly cameltoe! This is incredible! I really wish I had more and better words but my brain stopped working when I saw this! 😱
Incredible work!

[u/KiriDomo]

Amazing! Where is that last screenshot from?

[u/Independent_Worry_99 → u/KiriDomo]

Thanks, it's from a task tracking app called boosted!

[u/FunnyChampion2228]

This is so epic. Well done! Wear it with pride !!

[u/Sofirodr]

Belíssima escolha de cores! E obrigada, vc me inspirou a buscar por design de pop-art pra um projeto futuro

[u/Sofirodr → u/Sofirodr]

Além disso, eu nunca fiz patches, alguém poderia me indicar um video com tutorial de finalização?

[u/anb9216]

OMG?! This is one of my favs things I’ve seen in the sub!! Absolutely beautiful work OP and the color choices are amazing!!!

[u/Independent_Worry_99 → u/anb9216]

Thank you! ❤️

[u/Vormation]

I HAVE NO WORDS!!!!

[u/Weekly-Status4804]

This is so incredible omg how do you get it to look like so smooth like that

[u/Independent_Worry_99 → u/Weekly-Status4804]

Thanks! I used single strand long and short for the whole thing, and small stitches at that which I think gives a smoother appearance

[u/wasraelx]

This is so fun and well done! Love it

[u/Independent_Worry_99 → u/wasraelx]

Thank you!

[u/CptMorello]

Looks great, love to see patches on here

[u/dudewheresmysock]

Incredible work!

[u/Estellalatte]

This is gorgeous.

[u/ChiniBaba096]

you are insane! (insanely good!)

[u/lacontrabandida]

This is sick af.

[u/XxThatVegasChickxX]

This is Epic!!

[u/SB1234567890123]

Did you do this with an embroidery machine? The colors are great!

[u/Independent_Worry_99 → u/SB1234567890123]

No, all by hand! Would have been a lot quicker on a machine though 😂

[u/SB1234567890123 → u/Independent_Worry_99]

It’s really incredible!

[u/Nope2722]

Holy cow, this is stunning! Your stitches are amazing, I have always struggled with long+short stitches & satin stitches looking clean.. always feels messy. Strange bc all the more complex ones I have no issues with lol. Love your color choices as well!

[u/Independent_Worry_99 → u/Nope2722]

Thank you! Bro I suck at satin stitch, I have never been able to do it nicely - Long and short works for me so I stick to it 😂

[u/DarthGalactica]

How did you move it from hoop to patch????

[u/Independent_Worry_99 → u/DarthGalactica]

The method I use is super simple - Take it out of the hoop, and iron some interfacing onto the back of the embroidery, which adds a bit of stability while protecting the back. Then cut around the embroidery and do s whip stich all the way around it to close in the raw edge!

[u/OkToots]

Holy cannoli this is beautiful

[u/Own_Weird8572]

So cool. But lord that took long!

[u/Independent_Worry_99 → u/Own_Weird8572]

I'm honestly just slow af at this point I think 😂

[u/Own_Weird8572 → u/Independent_Worry_99]

It’s hard to see detail but is it satin stitch?

[u/Independent_Worry_99 → u/Own_Weird8572]

All long and short but more like short and shorter as I tend to do tiny stitches a lot of the time

[u/Own_Weird8572 → u/Independent_Worry_99]

My fingers hurt at the idea of it

[u/MagnumPEisenhower]

Awesome

[u/Pleasant-Draw-4824]

B a d a s s